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Cristina Calderón, the last full-blooded Yahgan and last native speaker of the Yahgan language, dies in Chile.
2022-02-16

The Chilean government announces that they will begin administering booster doses for those who have received the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine beginning on August 11 for people over the age of 55 using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and in September for people under the age of 55 using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in order to protect the population from the Delta variant.
2021-08-5

Chile's health regulator approves a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca for emergency use in the country.
2021-01-27

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announces all Amazon-region nations except Venezuela will meet to discuss a coordinated response to the disaster. He also reiterates rejection of G7 money to assist the efforts unless French President Emmanuel Macron issues him an apology, but after meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera accepts an offer of four firefighting aircraft from Chile.
2019-08-28

Voters in Chile head to the polls to elect a president, as well as positions in the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, as well as regional boards.
2017-11-19

A bus traveling to Chile overturns in Argentina's Mendoza Province, killing at least 19 people.
2017-02-18

Flights in Australia are again disrupted due to volcanic ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption in Chile. [http:--www.watoday.com.au-travel-travel-news-ash-cloud-causes-flight-chaos--again-20110621-1gcef.html ("WA Today")]date=August 2019
2011-06-21

83 prisoners die as a fire breaks out in a prison in Santiago, Chile.
2010-12-8

Chile becomes the first South American country to be admitted to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
2010-01-12